Eskom questions timing of Ramatlhodi’s claims

Eskom chairperson Ben Ngubane on Friday said former Mineral Resources Minister Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s claims that he was placed under pressure by the parastatal to carry out certain decisions were “barefaced lies”. Earlier this week, Ramatlhodi said Eskom CEO Brian Molefe and Ngubane had, in 2015, asked him to suspend Glencore's mining licences to put pressure on the commodities firm to sell a coal mine to a company owned by the Gupta family.